University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Syllabi Course Syllabi 9-2013 MUSI 291.01: The uM sic of Ireland - Traditional and Contemporary Patrick C. Williams University of Montana - Missoula, [email protected] Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi Recommended Citation Williams, Patrick C., "MUSI 291.01: The usicM of Ireland - Traditional and Contemporary" (2013). Syllabi. 637. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/637 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the instructor and/or disciplinary sanction by the university. All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code, available for review online atwww.uint.edu/SVA/VPSA/Index.cfm/page/1321 IRISH STUDIES The Music of Ireland: Traditional and Contemporary 75608 ENIR 395, 01, 3 credits; 75607M U SI291, 01, 3 credits Tentative Schedule for Fall Semester, 2013 Wednesday Evenings, 6-9 p.m., Rm. 105, Music Building Professor Patrick C. Williams, Rm. 106, Ext 4471 Required texts: Irish Traditional Music,Gearoid O hAllmhurain (UC Bookstore) FOCUS: Irish Traditional Music,Sean Williams (UC Bookstore) Course Description The Music of Ireland: Traditional and Contemporaryis designed as an introductory- level survey of instrumental and vocal music, along with dance, presented within (and without) the cultural history of the country, and communities of the Irish diaspora in Europe and North America. Using historical field recordings, along with university and private collections, the course will feature the celebrated musicians, authors, poets, and artists of the past and present. As this folk art has so deeply influenced the contemporary ‘classical’ world of composition, representative works drawn from today’s ‘concert’ literature will also play an important role. Guest artists and lecturers from Ireland and the United States, including members of the immediate university community and performers from across Montana, are invited to perform and share their personal experiences and artistic insight with students in classroom and concert hall settings. Grading: Students will be evaluated on four criteria: ♦♦♦ Attendance in class and at scheduled lectures and concerts; remember: missing one evening is equal to missing 3 class meetings! ♦♦♦ Participation in class discussion ♦> In-class presentation of short research projects (seenotci bene below) ♦♦♦ Weekly quizzes on reading assignments (see NB below) ♦♦♦ Required Listening: FITM CD All Tracks NB: Students should prepare for quizzes on reading assignments as listed for each class meeting. It is best to read ahead, allowing time for review of musical terms, vernacular, historical ‘markers ’(significant dates), performer names and instruments. Keeping a notebook would be very useful during personal reading sessions and in class meetings. In-class presentations will be scheduled following the first class meeting. Mi Lunasa (mee loo-na-sa) 28: Roaratorio: An Irish Circus on Finnegans Wakeby John Cage (1912-1992), Open Mic (OM): Professor Traolach O’Riordain, Director of UM Irish Studies; Sight and Sound Experience (SSE)Music o f Ireland: Welcome Home (PBS) Recordings of Interest:Sean Williams: FITM Listening Guide (Required Listening) Gearoid O hAllmhurain: selections from Tracin ’ The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem:Finnigan’s Wake, The Parting Glass Handouts: Class syllabus Or6, Se Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile! The Parting Glass kkkkkkkk MeanFomhair (man for) 4: Irish Traditional Music (ITM) Glossary of Traditional Music Terms (p. 185) A Note on Session Etiquette (p. 188) FOCUS: Irish Traditional Music (FITM) Chapter 1. Looking in from the Outside OM: Guest Artists (GA): Eric Hutchins, Ellie Nuno and Stu Williams SSE: Music o f Ireland: Welcome Home, Part Two (PBS) 11: ITM: Introduction Chapter 1. Music in Early and Medieval Ireland FITM: Chapter 2. Roots and Branches of Gaelic Ireland OM: GA: Sarah Donnelly, Irish dance SSE: “The Bodhran” with Steafan Hannigan Recordings of Interest:The Dolphin’s Way: Micheal O Sulleabhain with Colm Murphy Past Masters of Irish Dance Music: selections Paddy in the Smoke: Irish dance Music from a London Pub 18: OM: Guest Artist: Simon and Maria O’Dwyer SSE: Ancient Music Ireland 19: The University of Montana President’s Lecture Series Simon and Maria O’Dwyer:Prehistoric Music of Ireland Dennison Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Attendance Required 25: ITM: Chapter 2. Tudor and Stuart Ireland Chapter 3. Jacobites, Dancing Masters and the Penal Era FITM: Chapter 3. “Hang All Harpers Where Found” OM: Instrument of the day: Harp - GA(s):Grainne Hambley and William Jackson Recordings of Interest:Grainne Hambley and William Jackson: Music from Ireland and Scotland Seamus Heaney & Liam O’Flynn: fromThe Poet & the Piper Patrick Ball, Celtic Harp: The Music of Turlough O’Carolan The Britannia Family of Wales: The Harpers of Llanerch-y-Medd 26: Guest Artist Concert: Grainne Hambley and William Jackson Music Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Attendance Required Deireadh Fomhair (jer-ah for) 2: ITM: Chapter 4. Music of the Exiles 1700-1830 FITM: Chapter 4 - Musics of the “Celtic” Nations OM: Instrument of the day: fiddle -Margaret Baldridgeand Ellie Nuno SSE: Celtic Feet; Dancing on Dangerous Ground with Jean Butler & Colin Dunne; Damhsai Cuplai Thir Chonaill (The Couple Dances of Donegal) Recordings of Interest:James Kelly & Zan McLeod: The Ring Sessions and Melodic Journeys', Gearoid O hAllmhurain: Tracin ’ The Independence Suite: Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland & Cape Breton The Heart of Cape Breton: selections 9: ITM: Chapter 5, Pipers,Spatlpins and Patriots FITM: Listening Guide, pages 245-269, CD tracks OM: Instrument of the day: guitar and banjo -Eric Hutchins SSE: Come West Along The Road: 17,2, 23, 32, 38, 46; Ragus, Recordings of Interest:Eoin Duignan selections from Ancient Rite and Lumina World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, volume 11 Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy:The Lark in the Morning Matt Molloy with Donal Lunny 16: ITM: Chapter 6 - Silence in the Land of Song: Post-Famine Ireland FITM: Listening Guide pages 245-269, CD tracks OM: Instrument of the day: bouzouki, guitar - GA(s):Roger Landes SSE: Come West Along The Road: 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24, 26, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43 Donal Lunny; The Fureys & Davey Arthur 17: Guest Artist Concert: Roger Landes,Bouzouki Music Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Attendance Required 23: ITM: Chapter 7 - Quebec to the Klondike: The Famine Diaspora FITM: Chapter 5 - The Green Fields of America OM: Instrument of the day: uilleann pipes, tin whistle and flute GA(s): Gary Janego,bodhran et al SSE: Micho Russell: Ireland’s Whistling Ambassador Recordings of Interest:Eoin O’Riabhaigh selections Willie Clancy The Music of Willie Clancy Volumes I and II Light Through The Leaves (tin whistle), selections Matt Molloy with Donal Lunny Joannie Madden: Song o f the Irish Whistle Eoin Duignan (low whistles): Ancient Rite 30: ITM: Chapter 8 - Records, Radios and H alls:‘The New Century’ FITM: Chapter 6 - Irish Instrumental Music OM: Instrument of the day: concertina -Stu Williams SSE: Mise Eire, ceol: Sean O Riada Recordings of Interests:The Wheels of the World, volumes 1 and 2 Oldtime Records, Recordings: Trad Irish 1920’s & 30’s (NY) James Galway: The Celtic Minstrel Lunasa Mi na Samhna (mee na sow-nah) 6: FITM: Chapter 7 - Vocal Music in Irish-Gaelic OM: Instrument s) of the day: voice -Paddi Mharthain & MaedbhNi Bheagloich Recordings of Interest:The Voice of the PeopleFirst I ’m going to sing you a ditty World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: vol. 11, vocal selections 7: Guest Artist Concert: Paddi Mharthainand Maedbh Ni Bheagloich Music Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Attendance Required 13: ITM: Chapter 9 - Ennis, O Riada and the Fleadh: A Tradition Restored FITM: Chapter 9 - New Contexts for Music and Dance OM: Malarkey SSE: Student Presentations Recordings of Interest:Planxty: Timedance (Eurovision Song Contest 1981: Interval (YouTube); Riverdance (YouTube) O ’Donoghue’s Opera (YouTube) 20: ITM: Chapter 10. From Friel’s Kitchen to the New Millenium FITM: Chapter 8 - Vocal Music in English OM: UM Voice Faculty and Students SSE; Student Presentations Recordings of Interest:Sean Tyrell: Selected recordings Tommy O ’Sullivan:Song Ablaze Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart Cherish the Ladies: Women o f the House, with Joannie Madden The Pogues McNally’s Row of Flats (1882) vocal selections John McCormack: selections from “My Wild Irish Rose” The Bothy Band The Chieftains Traditional Irish Music in America: The East Coast The Irish Album (RCA Victor) The Irish Suite, Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler 27: Thanksgiving Break Mi na Nollag (mee nah nul-ug) 4: OM: Liam O’Maonlai SSE: Student Presentations 5: Guest Artist Concert: Liam O’Maonlai Music Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Attendance Required 11: Finals Week:Student Presentations Oro, Se Do Bheatha ‘Bhaile! “ Oro, Welcome Home!” > Written by Padraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1916, “Oro, Welcome Home” was an invitation to all the Irishmen in Europe who were fighting for the British Empire and the freedom of small nations to come home and tackle the ancient foe on their